Awesome Weather in Baja!

This morning it was a little overcast, but very warm in Cabo San Lucas. By noon the skies cleared and the sun shone again, its warm rays penetrating my lily white Alaskan skin. In the distance at sea we could see one of the Princess cruise ships moored in the bay, little orange and white tenders running back and forth taking passengers to shore. We had breakfast at 11:00AM, it is clear that we are on vacation mode and time has lost all meaning. On the agenda is more pool time and lots of sunscreen. We visited the tour office and are now pouring over brochures to plan our day tomorrow. Many options include dune buggy sand dune tours of the beaches, snorkeling, whale watching, and dinner cruises. We may do one, or all of them. Last night we took a taxi and ate dinner downtown, took photo ops at the famous Giggling Marlin. Cabo has changed a lot since we first visited in the early 1960’s, it is very cosmopolitan and caters to tourists thanks to the many cruise ships that visit. All in all it is a very relaxing, easy place to escape during the cold, dark Alaskan winter.

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Niebrugge Studio

Meet Gail Niebrugge

Gail Niebrugge (Knee-brew-ghe) born and raised in California has pursued art since childhood, winning a poster contest on the Johnny Jet television show at the age of twelve. Gail began her career as an illustrator for the US Navy and Marines in San Diego, and later established the Instructional Media Center for the Grossmont High School District in La Mesa, California. The Niebrugge family fell in love with Alaska while on vacation in 1976 and never returned home, instead they established a residence and studio in the remote interior settlement of Copper Center where the artist painted the … [Read More...]

Wikipedia defines pointillism as; "a style of painting in which small distinct points of primary colors create the impression of a wide selection of secondary and intermediate colors." It goes on to say that the mind and the eye mix the color spots into a full range of tones and that it is closely related to Divisionism. Divisionism was practiced by Georges Seurat during the Neo-Impressionism period. He broke his color into basic elements and painted very small and regular dots. His dots are carefully placed as to not touch each other, so the white under painted canvas shows around all of the dots.
I call my painting technique pointillism, but technically it is incorrect according to Wikipedia. The difference between my technique and true pointillism is that I use all … [Read More...]